It’s the perfect time of year to stop and take a minute to count your many blessings. We gathered some friends together for a gratitude blog hop because we wanted to let our families know just how much we love and appreciate them. Check out my project for a simple Cake Batter Snickerdoodle Recipe + Gift and then visit my friends to see what they created with the “Gratitude” theme. There are recipes, printables and family traditions included in this blog hop that I think you will LOVE!
I wanted to share with you guys a simple recipe as well as show you how to turn it into an easy and cute gift idea too. I thought it was a cute and simple gift idea perfect for those that you are thankful for. You can obviously fill it with any type of goodies you’d like but I filled mine with Cake Batter Snickerdoodles (a new recipe I just tried last week).
The whole thing was so easy to throw together. This is what you’ll need to do it too:
SUPPLIES:
– Jar
– Thankful print (available for download below)
– Ribbon/Twine/Jute
– Scrapbook Paper
– Glue Dots
– Treat of some sort
DIRECTIONS:
1. Download the tag you’d like to use by clicking on the image above. Then RIGHT-CLICK and SAVE. Open it in a program like word, Re-size it to what you’d like it to be and then print and cut out. Attach it to your jar using glue dots.
2. Add some scrapbook paper to the top by cutting out a circle in the size of your lid. Attach with glue dots. Also tie some ribbon or twine around the top.
3. Fill your jar with goodies!
CUTE & SIMPLE!!
You can also use the other tags to turn it into an Easy Christmas Gift Idea by filling it with some yummy treats like Almond Hershey’s Kisses:
Or a gift to give at ANY TIME by attaching it to a jar or wrapped loaf of bread (for yummy bread recipes you can check out: Snickerdoodle Bread, Banana Bread, White Chocolate Lemon Bread)
LOVE IT!!
To make the Cake Batter Snickerdoodles, here’s what you’ll need:
Cake Batter Snickerdoodles Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box Duncan Hines Classic Yellow Cake Mix
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
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Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and mix. Set aside.
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Combine cake mix, eggs and oil in a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until all combined. Use medium cookie scoop and scoop onto greased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mix. Using the bottom of a cup, flatten the cookies a bit.
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Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes. Let Cool & ENJOY!
- Apple Praline Bread by Amy from Positively Splendid
- Family Memory Banner by Melissa from Polka Dot Chair
- Printable Gratitude Quotes by Mique from Thirty Handmade Days
- Give Thanks Printable by Eighteen25
- Thankful Printable & Snickerdoodles by Kristyn from Lil Luna
- Thankful Tablecloth by Steph from Somewhat Simple
- Candy Cane Pancakes by Amy from the Idea Room
- I Am Thankful For.. Printable by Becky from Organizing Made Fun
- The Best Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies by Kelli from Lolly Jane
- Love printables by Desiree from the 36th Avenue
- Happy Day Family Tradition by Leigh Anne from Your Homebased Mom
- Thanksgiving Activity Book by Kari from U Create
- Chicken Curry Broccoli by Kristen from Capturing Joy
- Printable Thank You Notes by Cindy from Skip to My Lou
A big, huge thank you to our families for their support and love. They are our guinea pigs, models, help us when we have last minute deadlines, don’t blink when we wear yoga pants for two days in a row and stick through the good, the bad and the ugly. We are so grateful for you.
Look at all these pretty faces! So much love in this collage:
Kelli from Lolly Jane // Mique from Thirty Handmade Days // Leigh Anne from Your Homebased Mom // Steph from Somewhat Simple
Melissa from Polka Dot Chair // Kristen from Capturing Joy // Becky from Organizing Made Fun // Amy from the Idea Room
Kristyn from Lil Luna // Desiree from the 36th Avenue
We thought you might have fun getting to know a little bit more about our families too. So we asked them some questions. Here’s what they had to say:
(questions and answers here)
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Cute printable as always! I need to use it for visit teaching this week. 😉
Lo’s answers were so sweet. You two make a great match. xoxo
Thanks, Miq! Lorin is definitely my best match ever!! 😀 XO
Love snickerdoodles & I love gifts in jars! So cute!!! Absolutely ADORE seeing you all with your families. Best part for sure!!!
Thank you, Gina! It really is fun to see the families behind the blogs!! 😀
I love how simple and classy this recipe and gift idea is. Love the printable!
Thank you SO much Gloria – you’re so sweet! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a great week. 🙂
I love this and plan on doing this next week. What size did you use for the qt jar ? (I’m too tired to try and figure it out…help me, will ya >)
What size of print? It ended up being 4.25 x 2.75 inches for the quart size jar. 🙂 I just made the cookies a little smaller than usual so they would fit through the top. 🙂
Kristyn –
You have a beautiful blog and wonderful Thanksgiving idea – this is so neat! Thank you for sharing this. It was wonderful participating in the blog hop with you!
Becky B.
You are so sweet, Becky! Thank you!! Hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday! XO
Love this my friend… I am pinning 🙂
Thanks, Des!! Love you! XO
So fun! Love your printable!!
Thank you, girl!! XO
Love the cookies and printable, love to hear from your husband about you. I have always wanted to be friends with everyone in the world, too. I’ve said, “everyone is my friend, I just haven’t met them all yet.”
Totally agree, Kristen!! Is it asking too much to be friends with everyone? I think not! 😉 XO
Cookies + mason jars = perfection!
Totally agree!! Thanks, girls!! XO
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Love this idea – thanks for the darling printable and yummy recipe!
Thanks, Leigh Anne!! SO glad you like it!! XO
Yummy! This recipe looks terrific, and the printable is super cute, too!
Aww, thanks Amy!! XO
I love this! So adorable!!
xoxo
Thanks, Jen!!
I love this! Would you be able to make one that says Thankful for Sweet Teachers? Or can this one be edited?…This would be a perfect gift for my daughter’s preschool teachers:)
Working on it! 😀
Thanks for another great idea and printable. I am a big fan of your work!! Hope you have a very Happy Thanksgiving! We go to Disneyland during the holidays too. I just love the park all decorated for the holidays and the parade.
Thank you SO much Leslie for the sweet comment!! Disneyland during the holidays is the best!! Thinking about it makes me smile. This will be the first year we don’t go since we moved to Texas and I’m so sad about it! 🙁
I love this little gift idea, I am wanting to change the printable tag to say “Thankful for sweet teachers like you!” is there any way I can do that?
thanks!!
awesome thanks for the label!!!!
You’re welcome, and Merry Christmas!!
I made the tag for Teachers… did you see it?
Thanks for sharing this cute printable and I can’t wait to try the recipe!
Is there any way to change “friends” to “family”?
First of all, what a creative and easy way to make snickerdoodles. Thank you also for the label templates. Pinned to my “Gratitude” board.
Such a cute and fun printable! Pinned!
Thank you, Amy!!
Thanks for the printables. Apparently I missed these last year. You did a great job on them!
Snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie! Thank you! I love this idea, and would like to use it for Christmas. Is there any way you could make a printable that said “neighbors” where it says “friends” on the Christmas one?
Also, I finished reading the comments section and see that you’ve already made some accommodations. I just wanted to say thank you again for what you’ve done. It’s appreciated. If you can’t get to one more, I can make due with “friends” 🙂
Thank you very much for the printable! They are awesome!
You are so welcome. Merry Christmas!!
First think I thought was – “I hope I can edit out the Thanksgiving and use for Christmas – it’s such a cute printable!” and then I scrolled down and you already had it covered! Thank you so much for the great idea. I’m going to make these ginger cookies from allrecipes (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/big-soft-ginger-cookies/) which are amazing and Christmasy! Thanks again, Hannah
Any way you could make a “clients” one? The friends was a huge hit!
Thank you!!
Your wish is my command! Just added it. 😉
Thank you!!!
I LOVE this printable! Is there any way you could do a ‘Thankful for sweet moms like you!’ for Christmas? I’d love to do this for the room moms in my classroom. Thank you!!
I absolutely hate to ask during such a busy season, but is there any way you could
make a “neighbors” one for Christmas? These jars would be perfect gifts! Thank you!!
Just added it!! ;D
Just added it. 🙂
Love it! I need one for neighbors! Great idea!
Thank you! Great for my last minute Christmas stuff!
Could you please post a new link for the neighbor tag? The current one links to a friends tag.
Thanks so much!!
The neighbor one isn’t working. It says “friends” again. Can you email me the neighbor one? It’s so cute!! [email protected]
Can you try it again… it should be working now. 😉
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Hi…would you make a label to match saying thankful for sweet family like you? Would love to make it for my family members Thanks, Barb
I LOVE these tags. anyway you could create a tag that said “Thankful for parents like you”
That is cute!! Thanks for the tip 🙂
Thank you for these downloads! Used it today for little teacher’s gifts, and it was just perfect!
Oh, I am so glad you were able to use them 🙂 I bet they loved them! Thank you for letting me know!
That really creative. Thumbs up for the efforts! Thanks for sharing this
Thank you so much!!
I love the banana bread gift idea with your cute labels. I want to try but I can’t seem to find a nice clear bag to gift them in. Can you tell me where you got yours?
I can’t remember exactly where, but any grocery store should have gallon baggies that should fit them 🙂